1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
11 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
17 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
18 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
21 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
23 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
32 Closes: #620870, #532120
33 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
34 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
39 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
40 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
41 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
45 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
46 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
47 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
48 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
49 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
51 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
52 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
53 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
54 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
55 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
56 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
57 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
58 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
59 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
60 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
61 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
62 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
63 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
64 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
65 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
66 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
68 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
70 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
71 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
72 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
73 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
74 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
75 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
76 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
77 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
78 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
81 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
83 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
84 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
85 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
92 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
94 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
95 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
96 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
97 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
102 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
106 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
107 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
108 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
111 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
112 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
113 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
115 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
116 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
122 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
123 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
124 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
127 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
128 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
133 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
134 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
135 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
136 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
139 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
140 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
141 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
144 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
145 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
150 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
152 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
158 Closes: #459868, #581011
159 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
162 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
165 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
167 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
170 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
172 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
179 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
180 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
183 Closes: #501930, #593909
184 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
189 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
190 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
191 machine. (Closes: #591857)
192 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
193 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
194 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
195 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
196 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
197 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
198 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
199 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
200 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
201 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
203 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
204 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
205 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
206 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
207 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
208 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
209 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
210 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
211 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
212 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
213 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
214 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
215 than the version in oldstable.
216 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
217 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
218 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
219 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
220 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
221 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
222 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
223 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
224 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
225 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
226 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
227 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
228 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
229 package. (Closes: #609160)
231 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
233 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
241 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
242 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
246 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
247 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
256 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
266 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
274 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
279 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
281 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
287 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
293 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
294 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
298 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
299 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
303 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
304 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
308 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
309 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
313 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
314 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
318 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
323 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
325 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
326 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
327 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
328 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
329 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
330 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
331 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
332 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
333 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
335 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
336 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
337 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
338 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
339 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
340 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
342 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
344 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
350 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
353 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
354 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
355 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
356 and distribution license' (three times).
357 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
358 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
363 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
365 Proposed by Santiago Vila
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
373 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
379 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
380 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
383 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
385 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
386 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
390 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
391 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
394 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
396 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
397 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
400 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
402 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
403 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
406 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
408 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
409 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
410 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
413 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
419 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
420 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
424 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
429 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
430 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
435 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
436 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
437 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
440 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
441 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
446 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
447 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
451 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
452 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
453 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
454 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
455 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
456 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
457 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
458 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
459 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
460 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
461 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
462 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
463 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
464 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
465 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
466 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
467 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
468 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
469 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
470 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
471 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
472 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
473 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
474 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
475 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
476 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
477 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
478 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
479 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
480 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
481 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
482 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
484 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
486 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
488 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
492 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
494 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
495 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
499 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
502 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
503 Wording: Steve Langasek.
504 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
505 Seconded: Julien Cristau
506 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
509 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
510 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
511 Seconded: Russ Allbery
512 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
515 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
516 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery
519 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
520 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
521 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
522 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
523 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
524 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
525 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
526 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
529 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
530 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
531 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
532 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
533 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
534 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
535 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
537 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
538 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
539 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
540 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
541 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
542 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
543 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
546 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
547 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
548 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
549 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
550 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
552 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
555 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
556 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
559 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
560 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
563 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
565 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
572 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
573 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
577 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
583 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
586 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
587 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
589 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
590 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
595 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
600 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
601 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
605 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
610 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
615 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
616 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
620 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
621 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
622 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
623 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
624 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
625 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
626 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
627 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
628 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
629 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
630 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
631 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
632 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
633 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
634 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
636 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
637 Source field descriptions.
638 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
639 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
640 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
641 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
642 description says otherwise.
644 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
646 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
650 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
653 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
654 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
656 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
657 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
661 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
662 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
666 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
667 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
671 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
672 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
673 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
674 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
678 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
679 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
680 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
681 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
682 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
684 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
685 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
686 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
689 * Add myself to Uploaders.
692 * Add myself to Uploaders.
693 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
695 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
696 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
697 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
699 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
701 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
703 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
704 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
705 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
709 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
710 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
711 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
713 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
714 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
715 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
716 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
718 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
719 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
721 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
723 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
724 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
728 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
729 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
731 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
733 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
734 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
735 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
736 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
738 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
739 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
741 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
743 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
744 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
745 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
748 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
749 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
751 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
753 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
754 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
757 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
759 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
760 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
761 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
762 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
763 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
764 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
765 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
766 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
767 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
768 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
769 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
770 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
771 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
772 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
773 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
774 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
775 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
776 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
777 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
778 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
779 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
780 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
781 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
782 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
783 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
784 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
785 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
786 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
787 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
788 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
790 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
791 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
792 links was completed long ago.
793 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
795 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
797 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
799 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
800 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
802 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
804 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
807 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
808 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
809 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
810 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
811 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
812 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
813 Millan (Closes: #209008).
814 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
815 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
817 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
819 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
821 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
822 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
823 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
824 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
825 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
826 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
827 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
829 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
830 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
831 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
832 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
834 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
835 Küster (Closes: #403391).
836 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
837 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
838 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
839 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
840 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
841 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
842 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
843 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
844 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
845 Closes: #186700, #458910
846 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
847 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
848 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
851 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
852 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
853 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
854 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
855 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
856 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
857 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
859 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
860 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
862 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
863 * Add an md5sums control file.
864 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
865 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
866 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
867 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
868 currently part of policy.
869 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
870 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
871 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
874 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
876 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
879 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
880 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
881 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
882 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
883 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
884 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
885 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
886 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
887 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
888 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
889 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
890 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
891 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
892 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
893 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
895 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
897 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
898 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
899 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
901 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
902 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
903 list?" (Closes: #412634).
904 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
905 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
906 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
907 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
908 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
909 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
910 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
911 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
912 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
913 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
914 debconf specification.
915 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
916 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
918 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
920 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
923 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
924 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
925 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
926 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
930 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
931 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
932 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
933 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
934 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
936 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
937 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
938 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
939 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
940 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
941 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
942 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
943 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
944 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
945 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
946 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
947 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
948 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
949 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
950 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
951 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
953 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
956 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
957 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
958 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
959 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
960 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
961 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
962 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
964 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
966 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
969 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
970 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
972 Polo (Closes: #372497).
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
974 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
976 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
977 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
978 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
979 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
981 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
983 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
985 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
987 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
988 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
989 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
990 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
991 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
992 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
996 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
999 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1000 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1001 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1003 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1004 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1008 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1011 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1012 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1013 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1014 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1015 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1016 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1017 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1018 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1019 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1021 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1022 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1023 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1024 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1025 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1026 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1027 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1028 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1029 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1030 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1031 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1036 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1039 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1040 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1041 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1042 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1043 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1044 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1045 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1046 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1047 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1048 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1049 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1050 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1051 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1052 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1053 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1054 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1055 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1056 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1057 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1059 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1060 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1061 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1062 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1063 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1064 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1065 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1067 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1068 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1069 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1070 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1072 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1073 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1074 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1075 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1076 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1077 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1078 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1079 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1080 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1081 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1082 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1085 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1087 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1088 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1089 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1090 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1091 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1092 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1093 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1094 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1095 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1096 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1097 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1099 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1101 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1105 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1107 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1109 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1110 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1111 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1112 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1113 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1114 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1115 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1119 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1121 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1122 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1123 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1124 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1126 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1128 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1130 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1132 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1133 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1134 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1136 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1141 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1144 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1145 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1146 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1148 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1149 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1151 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1155 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1159 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1160 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1161 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1162 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1164 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1165 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1166 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1167 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1170 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1171 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1174 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1175 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1177 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1178 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1179 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1181 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1182 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1183 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1184 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1187 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1188 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1189 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1191 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1192 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1193 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1196 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1197 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1198 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1200 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1201 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1202 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1204 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1205 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1206 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1207 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1208 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1209 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1210 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1211 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1219 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1220 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1221 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1222 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1223 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1224 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1225 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1226 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1228 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1229 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1230 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1231 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1232 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1233 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1234 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1235 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1236 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1237 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1238 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1239 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1241 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1242 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1243 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1247 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1248 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1251 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1252 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1253 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1255 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1256 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1257 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1258 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1259 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1260 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1262 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1263 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1265 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1266 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1267 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1268 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1269 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1270 Closes: #185943, #237049
1272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1274 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1280 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1281 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1282 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1283 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1284 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1285 running. closes: Bug#187250
1286 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1287 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1288 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1289 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1290 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1291 user closes: Bug#176506
1293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1295 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1299 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1300 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1301 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1302 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1303 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1304 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1305 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1306 deb-building toolchain.
1307 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1308 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1309 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1310 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1311 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1312 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1313 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1314 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1315 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1316 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1317 sections about changelog files.
1319 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1320 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1321 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1322 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1323 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1324 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1326 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1327 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1328 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1329 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1330 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1331 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1332 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1333 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1334 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1335 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1336 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1337 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1338 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1339 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1340 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1341 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1342 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1343 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1344 for the restructuring
1346 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1348 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1353 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1354 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1355 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1356 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1357 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1358 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1360 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1361 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1362 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1363 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1364 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1365 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1366 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1368 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1369 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1370 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1371 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1373 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1375 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1379 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1380 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1381 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1382 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1383 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1385 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1386 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1387 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1388 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1390 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1391 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1392 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1393 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1394 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1395 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1396 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1397 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1398 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1399 offtopic stuff, too.
1400 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1401 script should start it, closes: #60979
1402 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1403 "should", closes: #170019
1404 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1405 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1406 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1407 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1408 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1409 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1410 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1411 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1416 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1420 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1421 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1422 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1423 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1424 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1425 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1426 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1427 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1429 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1430 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1431 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1432 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1433 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1434 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1435 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1436 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1437 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1439 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1440 file, closes: Bug#65764
1442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1444 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1447 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1448 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1449 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1450 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1451 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1452 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1453 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1454 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1455 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1456 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1457 details. closes: Bug#133030
1458 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1459 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1460 parts of Bug#161455.
1462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1464 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1467 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1468 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1469 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1470 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1471 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1472 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1473 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1474 not. closes: Bug#139820
1475 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1476 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1477 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1478 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1479 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1480 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1481 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1482 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1483 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1484 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1486 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1488 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1489 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1490 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1491 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1492 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1493 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1494 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1495 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1496 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1497 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1498 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1499 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1500 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1501 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1502 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1503 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1504 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1505 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1506 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1507 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1509 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1510 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1511 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1512 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1513 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1514 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1515 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1517 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1518 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1519 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1520 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1521 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1522 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1523 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1524 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1525 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1527 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1529 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1532 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1533 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1534 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1535 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1536 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1537 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1538 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1539 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1540 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1541 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1542 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1543 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1544 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1545 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1546 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1547 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1548 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1549 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1550 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1551 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1552 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1553 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1557 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1560 medium, high, emergency.
1561 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1562 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1563 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1564 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1565 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1568 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1569 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1570 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1572 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1573 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1574 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1575 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1576 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1577 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1578 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1581 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1583 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1586 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1587 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1588 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1590 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1591 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1592 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1593 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1594 debian/rules to do this
1595 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1596 patches are incorporated upstream
1597 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1598 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1599 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1600 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1601 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1602 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1604 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1605 system closes: Bug#91249
1606 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1607 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1608 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1609 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1610 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1611 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1612 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1613 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1614 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1615 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1616 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1617 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1618 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1620 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1622 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1624 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1625 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1626 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1627 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1629 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1630 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1631 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1633 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1638 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1641 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1642 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1643 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1644 package for the time being
1645 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1646 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1647 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1648 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1649 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1650 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1651 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1652 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1653 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1654 Build-Depends arch syntax
1655 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1657 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1658 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1660 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1661 from policy maintenance duties.
1662 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1663 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1665 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1667 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1669 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1671 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1673 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1675 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1676 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1677 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1678 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1679 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1680 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1681 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1682 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1683 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1684 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1685 minor version number for this
1686 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1687 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1688 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1689 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1690 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1691 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1692 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1693 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1694 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1696 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1698 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1701 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1702 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1703 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1704 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1706 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1708 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1709 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1710 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1711 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1712 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1713 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1714 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1715 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1716 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1717 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1718 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1719 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1720 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1721 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1722 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1723 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1728 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1731 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1733 * Document the Enhances relationship
1734 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1735 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1736 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1737 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1738 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1739 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1741 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1743 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1744 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1745 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1746 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1748 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1749 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1750 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1751 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1752 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1754 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1756 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1758 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1759 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1760 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1762 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1763 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1764 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1765 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1766 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1767 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1768 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1769 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1770 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1772 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1776 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1779 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1780 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1781 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1782 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1783 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1784 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1785 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1786 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1787 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1788 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1789 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1790 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1791 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1792 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1793 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1794 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1795 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1796 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1797 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1798 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1799 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1801 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1802 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1806 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1809 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1810 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1811 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1812 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1813 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1814 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1815 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1816 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1817 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1818 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1819 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1820 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1821 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1822 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1823 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1824 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1825 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1826 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1827 list closes: Bug#53756
1828 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1829 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1830 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1831 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1832 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1833 policy closes: Bug#53760
1834 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1835 policy closes: Bug#53761
1836 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1837 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1838 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1839 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1840 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1841 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1842 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1843 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1844 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1845 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1846 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1848 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1849 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1850 to install with older fileutils.
1851 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1852 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1853 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1854 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1856 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1857 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1861 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1863 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1864 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1868 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1870 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1871 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1873 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1876 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1878 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1879 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1881 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1883 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1885 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1887 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1888 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1890 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1892 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1895 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1896 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1897 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1898 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1899 directoried (closes: #41547)
1900 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1901 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1902 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1903 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1904 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1905 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1906 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1907 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1908 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1909 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1910 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1912 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1913 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1914 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1915 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1916 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1917 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1918 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1920 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1921 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1922 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1923 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1925 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1927 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1929 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1930 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1932 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1934 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1936 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1937 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1939 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1941 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1943 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1944 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1946 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1947 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1948 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1949 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1950 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1951 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1952 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1953 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1954 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1955 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1956 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1957 this closes: Bug#38612
1958 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1959 before. closes: Bug#40864
1961 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1963 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1965 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1966 officially uploaded.
1967 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1969 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1970 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1971 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1973 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1974 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1975 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1976 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1977 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1978 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1980 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1981 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1982 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1984 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1986 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1987 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1988 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1989 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1990 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1994 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1996 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1997 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1998 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1999 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2000 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2001 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2002 there). closes: Bug#34233
2003 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2004 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2005 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2006 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2007 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2009 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2011 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2013 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2014 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2015 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2016 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2019 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2020 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2021 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2022 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2023 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2026 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2027 number. closes: BUG#25911
2029 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2030 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2031 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2032 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2033 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2034 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2036 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2037 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2038 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2041 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2042 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2043 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2045 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2046 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2047 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2048 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2050 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2051 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2052 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2054 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2056 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2057 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2058 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2059 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2060 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2061 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2062 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2063 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2066 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2068 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2069 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2072 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2074 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2076 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2078 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2080 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2082 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2083 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2084 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2085 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2086 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2087 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2088 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2089 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2091 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2092 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2094 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2096 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2098 * non-maintainer release
2099 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2100 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2102 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2103 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2104 * no content changes
2105 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2107 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2109 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2113 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2115 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2117 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2119 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2120 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2121 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2123 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2124 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2126 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2127 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2128 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2129 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2131 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2132 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2133 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2134 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2135 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2136 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2137 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2139 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2140 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2141 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2144 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2145 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2146 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2148 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2149 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2150 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2152 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2153 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2155 * New version numbering scheme:
2157 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2158 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2159 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2162 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2163 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2164 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2165 differ between the manuals.
2167 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2168 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2169 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2170 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2172 * Packaging changes:
2174 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2175 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2177 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2179 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2181 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2183 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2185 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2186 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2187 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2189 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2190 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2193 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2194 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2195 file extension as the referenced file
2197 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2198 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2200 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2201 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2202 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2203 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2206 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2207 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2208 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2210 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2211 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2212 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2213 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2216 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2217 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2220 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2221 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2222 reasonable default configuration
2224 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2225 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2226 by all news servers and clients
2228 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2229 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2230 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2231 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2232 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2234 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2235 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2238 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2240 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2241 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2243 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2246 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2247 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2249 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2250 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2252 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2254 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2256 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2258 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2259 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2260 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2261 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2263 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2265 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2266 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2267 * Don't use debstd anymore
2269 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2271 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2273 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2274 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2275 contrib/non-free policy
2276 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2277 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2278 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2279 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2280 - new section about `Daemons'
2281 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2282 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2283 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2284 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2285 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2286 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2287 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2288 * SGML source code included in package
2289 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2291 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2293 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2295 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2296 - completely reworked structure
2297 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2298 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2299 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2300 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2301 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2302 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2303 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2304 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2305 - mention "orphaned packages"
2306 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2307 distributions' policy
2308 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2309 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2310 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2311 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2312 - added section about arch spec strings
2313 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2314 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2315 - added section about "menus"
2316 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2317 the new documentation policy soon
2318 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2319 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2321 - added section about editors and pagers
2322 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2323 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2324 - added section about device files
2325 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2326 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2327 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2329 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2330 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2331 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2332 - Added new section about obsolete names
2333 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2334 * Fixed package's description
2336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2338 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2340 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2342 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2344 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2346 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2347 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2348 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2349 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2351 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2353 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2355 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2356 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2357 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2359 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2360 and upload it "byhand" too.
2362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2364 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2367 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2368 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2369 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2370 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2371 functionality must not have the same name.
2372 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2373 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2374 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2375 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2376 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2377 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2378 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2380 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2381 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2382 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2383 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2384 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2385 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2386 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2387 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2392 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2394 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2396 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2397 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2398 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2399 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2400 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2403 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2405 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2407 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2409 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2410 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2411 description of deb file format.
2412 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2413 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2415 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2417 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2418 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2420 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2422 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2424 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2425 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2426 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2427 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2428 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2429 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2430 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2431 packages in section on Procedure
2432 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2433 a package maintainer
2434 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2435 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2436 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2438 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2439 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2440 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2441 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2442 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2443 on various shlib files
2444 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2445 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2446 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2448 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2450 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2452 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2453 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2454 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2456 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2457 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2458 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2459 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2460 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2462 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2464 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2466 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2468 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2470 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2471 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2472 compatibility go in contrib.
2474 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2475 instructions in policy manual.
2476 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2479 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2481 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2483 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2484 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2485 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2486 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2488 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2489 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2492 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2494 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2496 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2497 * More detail about changelog format names.
2499 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2500 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2504 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2506 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2508 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2510 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2512 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2514 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2516 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2518 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2519 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2520 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2522 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2524 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2526 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2528 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2530 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2534 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100